health care, there are millions of families that now are beginning to be able to include within their own health care plans their sons and daughters up to the age of 26. goodbye to that. furthermore, in a nation which ends up spending more on health care almost double per person compared to any other nation on earth, we have put in the health care reform bill billions of dollars for disease prevention. we are as a nation very weak in terms of trying to keep people healthy, trying to keep them out of the hospital. we spend a fortune on people after they re sick. in this bill, we have made some significant steps forward in terms of disease prevention. wellness, which is very, very cost-effective in terms of health care dollars, not to mention not to mention human pain and suffering. in that regard, i m proud to have worked with a number of other senators in doubling in that bill the number of community health centers in america which was providing the most cost-effective
effort to repeal the new health care law failed in the senate today. a procedural vote capped the republican proposal to repeal the law from advancing. this hourlong portion of the debate begins with new york senator, charles schumer. thank you mr. president, and i rise and strong and vehement veh opposition to the amendment ofd offered by the minority leader senator mcconnell to repeal the r health care reform law and first i would say to my goodood friend from nevada yes, we wouldes we like to work together to furtherther reduce costs but this bill does reduce costs significantly.. has s the cboai has said in no uncertain the terms that repeal would ruin the d deficit by 230 billion in the first decade and more than a trillion in the second decade a good deal of the waste, inefficiency duplication thatthe d we ll all know is part of our system and that s the place we have to continue to work the wor together. s a our counlstry delivers the best health care in the worl